Waldbusser, George G; Voigt, Erin P; Bergschneider, Heather; Green, Mark A; Newell, Roger I E (2011): Seawater carbonate chemistry and calcification rate of eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica, 2011 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.758181, Supplement to: Waldbusser, GG et al. (2011): Biocalcification in the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) in Relation to Long-term Trends in Chesapeake Bay pH. Estuaries and Coasts, 34(2), 221-231, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-010-9307-0
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Abstract:
Anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reduce pH of marine waters due to the absorption of atmospheric CO2 and formation of carbonic acid. Estuarine waters are more susceptible to acidification because they are subject to multiple acid sources and are less buffered than marine waters. Consequently, estuarine shell forming species may experience acidification sooner than marine species although the tolerance of estuarine calcifiers to pH changes is poorly understood. We analyzed 23 years of Chesapeake Bay water quality monitoring data and found that daytime average pH significantly decreased across polyhaline waters although pH has not significantly changed across mesohaline waters. In some tributaries that once supported large oyster populations, pH is increasing. Current average conditions within some tributaries however correspond to values that we found in laboratory studies to reduce oyster biocalcification rates or resulted in net shell dissolution. Calcification rates of juvenile eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica, were measured in laboratory studies in a three-way factorial design with 3 pH levels, two salinities, and two temperatures. Biocalcification declined significantly with a reduction of ~0.5 pH units and higher temperature and salinity mitigated the decrease in biocalcification.
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Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), grant/award no. 511106: European network of excellence for Ocean Ecosystems Analysis
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In order to allow full comparability with other ocean acidification data sets, the R package seacarb (Lavigne and Gattuso, 2011) was used to compute a complete and consistent set of carbonate system variables, as described by Nisumaa et al. (2010). In this dataset the original values were archived in addition with the recalculated parameters (see related PI).
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Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
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376 data points
Data
1 Exp treat (Salinity) | 2 Exp treat (Temperature) | 3 Exp treat (pH) | 4 Species | 5 Sal | 6 Temp [°C] (Orion Ross conductivity probe) | 7 pH (NBS scale, H+ ion concentrati...) | 8 AT [mmol(eq)/l] (Two-point titration (Edmond 1...) | 9 Omega Arg (Calculated using CO2SYS) | 10 Calc rate CaCO3 [mg/g/day] (Alkalinity anomaly technique ...) | 11 Calc rate std dev [±] | 12 pH (NBS scale, H+ ion concentrati...) | 13 CSC flag (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 14 pH (Total scale, H+ ion concentra...) | 15 CO2 [µmol/kg] (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 16 pCO2water_SST_wet [µatm] (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 17 fCO2water_SST_wet [µatm] (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 18 [HCO3]- [µmol/kg] (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 19 [CO3]2- [µmol/kg] (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 20 DIC [µmol/kg] (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 21 AT [µmol/kg] (Calculated) | 22 Omega Arg (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 23 Omega Cal (Calculated using seacarb afte...) |
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Low S | Low T | High pH | Crassostrea virginica | 16 | 20 | 7.76 | 1.198 | 0.70 | 0.69 | 0.38 | 7.68 | 26 | 7.53 | 47.68 | 1331.93 | 1327.48 | 1635.86 | 29.67 | 1713.2 | 1705.8 | 0.48 | 0.81 |
Low S | Low T | Mid pH | Crassostrea virginica | 16 | 20 | 7.52 | 1.155 | 0.40 | -1.29 | 0.36 | 7.44 | 26 | 7.30 | 142.55 | 3982.26 | 3968.93 | 2832.12 | 29.74 | 3004.4 | 2897.8 | 0.49 | 0.81 |
Low S | Low T | Low pH | Crassostrea virginica | 16 | 20 | 7.41 | 1.160 | 0.31 | -2.86 | 0.43 | 7.33 | 26 | 7.19 | 235.55 | 6580.65 | 6558.62 | 3641.98 | 29.76 | 3907.3 | 3706.3 | 0.49 | 0.81 |
Low S | Hi T | High pH | Crassostrea virginica | 16 | 30 | 7.92 | 1.248 | 1.45 | 2.44 | 0.53 | 7.86 | 26 | 7.70 | 12.80 | 464.06 | 462.69 | 778.27 | 29.73 | 820.8 | 858.0 | 0.53 | 0.86 |
Low S | Hi T | Mid pH | Crassostrea virginica | 16 | 30 | 7.66 | 1.246 | 0.84 | 1.89 | 0.50 | 7.60 | 26 | 7.44 | 42.28 | 1532.82 | 1528.28 | 1419.96 | 29.97 | 1492.2 | 1491.5 | 0.53 | 0.86 |
Low S | Hi T | Low pH | Crassostrea virginica | 16 | 30 | 7.46 | 1.227 | 0.53 | -0.69 | 0.18 | 7.40 | 26 | 7.24 | 105.61 | 3828.86 | 3817.51 | 2246.56 | 30.03 | 2382.2 | 2314.1 | 0.53 | 0.87 |
Hi S | Low T | High pH | Crassostrea virginica | 32 | 20 | 8.29 | 2.052 | 4.63 | 0.88 | 0.11 | 8.13 | 26 | 8.00 | 2.54 | 77.35 | 77.10 | 319.30 | 26.86 | 348.7 | 443.5 | 0.42 | 0.66 |
Hi S | Low T | Mid pH | Crassostrea virginica | 32 | 20 | 7.66 | 2.063 | 1.32 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 7.51 | 26 | 7.38 | 48.76 | 1485.20 | 1480.23 | 1478.35 | 29.99 | 1557.1 | 1557.8 | 0.47 | 0.73 |
Hi S | Low T | Low pH | Crassostrea virginica | 32 | 20 | 7.56 | 2.041 | 1.05 | -0.44 | 0.31 | 7.42 | 26 | 7.29 | 76.86 | 2341.30 | 2333.46 | 1859.15 | 30.09 | 1966.1 | 1935.0 | 0.47 | 0.74 |
Hi S | Hi T | High pH | Crassostrea virginica | 32 | 30 | 8.14 | 2.110 | 4.75 | 1.41 | 0.15 | 7.96 | 26 | 7.81 | 3.37 | 132.10 | 131.71 | 329.74 | 25.70 | 358.8 | 444.4 | 0.43 | 0.64 |
Hi S | Hi T | Mid pH | Crassostrea virginica | 32 | 30 | 7.85 | 2.148 | 2.78 | 1.58 | 0.77 | 7.68 | 26 | 7.53 | 13.37 | 524.70 | 523.14 | 681.40 | 27.63 | 722.4 | 771.9 | 0.46 | 0.69 |
Hi S | Hi T | Low pH | Crassostrea virginica | 32 | 30 | 7.43 | 2.115 | 1.13 | 0.80 | 0.17 | 7.27 | 26 | 7.12 | 90.80 | 3564.48 | 3553.92 | 1799.05 | 28.35 | 1918.2 | 1870.1 | 0.47 | 0.71 |
Hi S | Low pH | Crassostrea virginica | 32 | 0.18 | 0.14 | |||||||||||||||||
Hi S | Mid pH | Crassostrea virginica | 32 | 0.95 | 0.14 | |||||||||||||||||
Hi S | High pH | Crassostrea virginica | 32 | 1.14 | 0.14 | |||||||||||||||||
Low S | Low pH | Crassostrea virginica | 16 | -1.77 | 0.14 | |||||||||||||||||
Low S | Mid pH | Crassostrea virginica | 16 | 0.30 | 0.14 | |||||||||||||||||
Low S | High pH | Crassostrea virginica | 16 | 1.57 | 0.14 | |||||||||||||||||
Hi T | Low pH | Crassostrea virginica | 30 | 0.06 | 0.14 | |||||||||||||||||
Hi T | Mid pH | Crassostrea virginica | 30 | 1.74 | 0.14 | |||||||||||||||||
Hi T | High pH | Crassostrea virginica | 30 | 1.92 | 0.14 | |||||||||||||||||
Low T | Low pH | Crassostrea virginica | 20 | -1.65 | 0.14 | |||||||||||||||||
Low T | Mid pH | Crassostrea virginica | 20 | -0.48 | 0.14 | |||||||||||||||||
Low T | High pH | Crassostrea virginica | 20 | 0.79 | 0.14 | |||||||||||||||||
Hi S | High T | Crassostrea virginica | 32 | 30 | 1.27 | 0.12 | ||||||||||||||||
Hi S | Low T | Crassostrea virginica | 32 | 20 | 0.25 | 0.12 | ||||||||||||||||
Low S | High T | Crassostrea virginica | 16 | 32 | 1.21 | 0.12 | ||||||||||||||||
Low S | Low T | Crassostrea virginica | 16 | 20 | -1.15 | 0.12 |